#rewrite game

Thanks @cssnder for this tag! So, this is a first for me, so I can't gurantee that it came out well. Rewriting things was never my forte, but here goes nothing:

My line: It is atrocious — unthinkable even — to think that I could have intervened at any moment, stopped everything, avoided disaster and, at the same time, spared myself ten years of tears and rumination. It is even more atrocious to think that I never did. I suppose that, at the time, I thought it was none of my business. But now, as I look back on those days a decade later, I come to realise that perhaps it was, and I had missed many opportunities to put an end to this. My rewrite: I could have done it. I could have stopped it. The sickening feeling that comes over me at the thought that I could have prevented all this will always be with me and haunt me. I would have been spared so much. But I was different back then, I had the idea that it wasn't my business, that it wasn't my concern. But even after that tearful decade, that one thought remains. That one thought that weighs me down and won't let go until I'm suffocating with guilt: I could have put an end to it.

Your line will be: Life can be a bitch. Life can squeeze you in its arms and either make you feel warmth or burn you in its fire. It's not easy for everyone, but I had never considered such a thing because my life was great. There were people who went through life with scars that instead of healing, got deeper. You couldn't get rid of or cover these scars and unfortunately life helped you to never forget them.

This is difficult, because her heel turn was absolutely needed, but I’ll try:

First of all, this will take place after Hell in a Cell 2019. At Smackdown, she makes her entrance (with her usual theme song, Bayley buddies and everything). But before walking down the ramp, she screams for her music to stop. Then, she walks to the ring, looking completely devastated. She grabs a mic and says: “It’s difficult for me standing in this ring, trying to look happy, trying to be the normal Bayley, because I don’t feel like me anymore. Losing that Championship at Hell in a Cell, was like losing myself. This Bayley that you see in this ring feels lost. I don’t know who I am anymore. But I’ll find out, I swear I’ll find out. And when that day happens, I’ll return better than ever, and I’ll take back what’s mine. And most importantly, I’ll save all of you of another Charlotte Flair stupid reign, because there’s one thing we can all agree with… no one ever wants to see that again. Hey, Charlotte… take good care of MY Championship, because I’m going to be back for it, bitch!”.

She would be out of tv for 3 weeks, approx. At Smackdown, Charlotte is cutting a promo and she says that night she will have an open challenge for anyone from Raw, Smackdown or NXT. Suddenly, we see Dakota Kai (or Candice LeRae) show up. She faces Charlotte and she obviously loses. After the match ends, Charlotte grabs the mic again, excited for her win and she starts insulting everyone in the rosters, including Liv, Ruby, Alexa, Candice, Io, Asuka, etc. And she says “there’s no one who can beat me”. And then… we listens Bayley’s new music entrance and she makes her way to the ring. Her hair is down (still long) and she would be wearing exactly this gear:

Thank you @kaylinalexanderbooks for the tag!!! Took me a while but *cracks knuckles* let's go~

The line:

“How’re you and Niri? I accidentally found out you texted him.” “We’re fine.” Hannah smiled a bit. “Is that a hint of red on your cheeks?” I asked. “Now, don’t you start,” Hannah said, pointing harshly. “I had to deal with Charlie and Amanda grilling me about the boy I was texting in your absence.” I smiled. “I’ll come save you.” “Thank you.” Hannah swung the door open and we went back into the crowded family room. I tried to ignore the devices pulling me back.

My rewrite:

"I didn't mean to find out, but a little birdy told me you texted Niri. How are you guys?" I can see a smile creep onto Hannah's lips as she answers: "We're just fine." "If you are just 'fine', then why are you blushing?" I asked her. Her answer came rather harshly, as she pointed at me. "Don't. Charlie and Amanda already pestered me with questions while you were gone." I couldn't help but chuckle lightly, as I reassured her: "Don't worry, I'll save you." With a little 'thank you', she went back inside, I trailed after her, trying to push the pull of the devices out of my mind.

Your line will be:

Evening was slowly falling and the moon had gone into hiding behind the thick clouds. I smiled faintly. The moon. It would be the witness to my death, just as it had witnessed my abandonment. He hung there, watching the world fall apart beneath him, how humans took advantage of each other, while his creatures held humans like slaves. Why was he still shining down on us? Perhaps his tender light meant to show us the path we had taken, without telling us whether it was the right one.

Rewrite:

Let’s assume everything went exactly how it was written UNTIL the math against Liv and Ruby where they officially broke up. The match is the main event of Raw. At the end of the match, where both teams are exhausted and you have no idea who is going to win… Peyton looks at Billie, they stare at each other’s eyes for a couple of seconds. Peyton caresses Billie's face while she takes her hand and she says “I’m no going to lose you. I can’t”. She stands up and she attacks the referee, which means the match ends in a disqualification. Next week, they make their entrance, but Billie looks really confused. Peyton grabs a mic and she says “I’m sure you know, but I’ll tell you anyway: I got fined for $5000 for attacking the referee of our match last week. I’ve never done anything like that before. Do I regret it? No. You know why? Because there was a moment during that match where I thought I was going to lose this woman next to me, my friend, my partner, the person I love the most in the world. Some people have said to me that I should go solo, that I should try new things, be with new people; but the thing is that… I don’t want to. Billie Kay is the only person I need next to me, and if I have to pay $5000 for that, then I don’t give a damn. That’s nothing compare to everything she gives to me every single day. We have had some rough couple of weeks, I know that, but we are still here, we are still going strong. And we are still ready to beat all of those bitches backstage. Because the future is still… ICONIC.”

Happy to do it.

This would take place since one of the most infuriating moments in WWE history: Rousey stealing Asuka's spotlight after winning the Rumble. So, for starters, that would have never happened, of course. Asuka wins the Rumble and, after Alexa and Charlotte step into the ring, she smiles to both of them and she attacks them. She grabs both championships and raise them.

On August 2019, at SummerSlam, Rousey became Raw Women’s Champion, after beating Alexa; on this rewriting, the person who does this is… no one else than Miss Sasha Banks. She and Alexa already had history, besides Ronda, she was Raw's top babyface. Sasha wins the championship at SummerSlam and defends it at another important moment that was terribly booked: Evolution. I would rewrite this with Sasha Banks facing Trish Stratus on the co main event of the ppv; the main event would have been Becky vs Charlotte, as it should have been. Bella Twins and Bayley vs The Riott Squad. The other match would have been a handicap match between Lita vs Mickie and Alicia. On this scenario, Sasha would have turned heel on Trish, gaining a lot of heat because their feud would have been until Survivor Series, where she would have faced Becky (well, Charlotte); that match would have been exactly what happened with Rousey: Charlotte goes psycho mood and attacks Sasha until she gets disqualified. While she tries to continue attacking Sasha, Bayley comes out and attacks Charlotte, trying to save Sasha. They start beating the hell out of each other until referees have to interfere.

On this scenario, Charlotte wins the Smackdown Women’s Championship at TLC, after Sasha pushes Becky out of a ladder before she grabs the championship. After the match, those two start beating each other; while Charlotte celebrates in the ring her win, Bayley attacks her; it becomes chaos because, at the end, they are just attacking each other with weapons.

Thanks for the tag, @kaylinalexanderbooks

Rules: rewrite the last line of the person who tagged you however you want, then give your last line for other people to try!

My line:

She folded her hands, covered by the long sleeves of her tan cable knit sweater, into her lap, ready to listen.

Rewrite:

She tugged the sleeves of her cable knit sweater over her hands and settled them in her lap. It was time to hear what they had to say.

Your Line:

He hadn't even tried to hide what he'd done; she wasn't sure she blamed him, either.